Sea lion takes selfie stick for a swim in cool video

(Hugh Ryono / Aquarium of the Pacific)

Even animals are getting in on the selfie stick craze – a video posted to YouTube by the Aquarium of the Pacific shows a sea lion taking an improvised selfie stick for a swim.

The stick brandished by sea lion Milo was made by aquarium volunteer Hugh Ryono. “ I just thought it would be neat to see a swimming sea lion from the same selfie stick perspective that surfers and other action sports athletes use to give a  ‘you are there’ feel to their shots,” he explained, in a blog post.

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